Jean Claude Meus will be back in court today in Hardee County for a 1:30 p.m. status hearing. ...more

April 24, 2009

A special thank you to the following businesses who helped make the Florida Hospital Volunteers 2009 Tent Sale in Lake Placid a great success: U-Lock-It Storage, CVS Pharmacy, Walgreen Drug Store, Tower Restaurant, Happiness Farms, D and D Nails, Heron's Garden, Kelley's Florist, Chef Buddy's Deli, Domino's Pizza, Wauchula State Bank, Winn-Dixie, Publix and Sweetbay. Your support of our Lake Placid community is greatly appreciated. ...more

February 13, 2009

The Greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce will have several new members joining its board of directors in January. ...more

December 14, 2008

When Bill Crews, the chairman of Wauchula State Bank, and Tom Trevino, a broker with Merrill Lynch's brokerage in Sebring, spoke to the Kiwanis in Hardee County on Tuesday, they faced a deluge of questions. ...more

September 18, 2008

I would like to thank the following businesses for their support of Noah's Fall Festival that was held on Oct. 28. It is one of the largest community events in Avon Park. Thanks to these businesses we were able to give 5,000-plus people a free fun-filled night of entertainment, booth games, inflatables, food and drinks. Without the following businesses (in no particular order) we could not have provided this festival. Please know any business not listed is unintentional. Avon Park businesses:: 64 West Collision Repair Inc. Allstar Video, Arby's, Bank of America, Bagwell's, Battle Zone, Big T Tires, Bill Owens, Buttercrust Bakery, Cargill's, Checkers, C. Elton Crews, Inc., Coffee News, Dominos, Dr. Tony Chen, Dr. Patrick Danzey, Dr. Ronald Sevigny, Family Dollar, Florida Physicians Medical Group, Flowers Bakery, Heartland National Bank, Horace Williams Office Supply, Hungry Howies, Kegel, KFC, Laye's, Long's A/C Inc., Maxwell Grove Service Inc., Jill Murphy, Nealis Plumbing, Olympic, Pinecrest, Pizza Hut, Publix, Puckorius & Associates, Inc., Reflections on Silver Lake, Dot Renfro's Custom Embroidery, River Greens South Golf Course, Sandy Billings, Sav-a-lot, Sebring Lakeside Golf Resort/Tea Room, SFCC, Harry's Shell, Simco Machine & Tool, Suntrust, State Farm, Taco Bell, Taylor Oil, Tazmania/Dana Ferguson, The Battle Zone, Top Shop, Vickers Chiropractic, Vogue Beauty Salon WFHT 1390 Radio, Warren's Auto Sales, Warwick R. Furr II, P.A., Wauchula State Bank, Winn Dixie, Wells Motors, Wendy's, World of Flowers. ...more

December 1, 2007

SEBRING — A St. Petersburg woman was sentenced Monday afternoon to three and a half years in prison for attempting to pass counterfeit checks at area businesses last fall. Jessica Elena Garcia, 22, who entered a guilty plea last May to charges of grand theft, possession of counterfeit payment instruments and forgery, received the three-year sentence after prosecutors told Judge Peter Estrada that she was willing to cooperate with them if her co-defendant's case would've gone to trial. Michael Anthony Rosales, of Zolfo Springs, and Garcia were arrested last November after Sebring Police Cpl. Vivian Buck questioned them. Rosales allegedly supplied Garcia with a counterfeit check for $465 to cash at L & M Food Store, located at 1411 Roseland Ave. Garcia was previously in prison on grand theft and burglary charges in Hardee County, and had only been free for 28 days before her arrest with Rosales. Because of parole violations following her Sebring arrest, Garcia received a 44-month prison sentence in Hardee, which Estrada used to sentence her consecutively for the bogus check charges. Because of Garcia's willingness to cooperate with state attorneys, Rosales entered a guilty plea last week at the Highlands County Courthouse and received a 10-year prison sentence from Estrada. ...more

October 30, 2007

SEBRING — Michael Anthony Rosales, of Zolfo Springs, was sentenced Monday morning to 10 years in prison for charges of fraud, grand theft and forgery for possessing bogus checks and trying to cash them at local businesses last fall. ...more

October 23, 2007

Heartland Horses and Handicapped Inc.'s second Annual Denim and Diamonds Gala held at the Quality Inn of Sebring on Saturday, Sept. 8 was a great success. Once again, the generous community of Highlands County pulled together in support of a unique and greatly needed program, which offers free equine assisted therapy for children and adults with special needs. The stars of the evening (and every day) were each of the seven horses, whose cost of care was auctioned off, granting the winning bidder a one-year sponsorship of their horse. ...more

October 2, 2007